AN ACT relating to adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to require entities that provide personal care services to vulnerable adults to query the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as to whether a prospective employee, contractor, or volunteer has been the subject of a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation; allow queries for current employees, contractors, and volunteers; allow an individual to query the cabinet to determine whether a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation has been entered against him or her; make false queries a criminal violation; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the query process in a secure manner.

SCS - Modify the bill to allow administrative appeals to be made in the county where the alleged wrongdoing occurred; specify the type of answer the Cabinet may give in response to a query; establish a liability hold harmless period for provisional employment where a response to a query is not timely returned by the Cabinet.SFA (1, R. Jones II) - Amend to set the hold harmless period where queries are not timely returned by the Cabinet at 72 hours.SFA (2, R. Jones II) - Amend to delete provision making an unauthorized query of the registry a violation.HCS - Make technical corrections.